Borgified roaches

From: Sean Morgan (sean@lucifer.com)
Date: Sun Jan 12 1997 - 13:23:55 MST


Just going through my email, and I see that Richard Schroeppel
<rcs@cs.arizona.edu> sent me a link with more information on this a couple
of days ago (but the jpg below is still worth a look):

  http://www.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/011097/health1_10531.html

>Currently at http://www.msnbc.com/news/ST_Front.asp
>(image at http://www.msnbc.com/news/32357.jpg)
>
> 'Robo-roach' to rescue
> Attached to a high-tech "backpack" containing a
> microprocessor and electrode set, a
> half-cockroach/half-machine undergoes experiments
> at Tokyo University. "Robo-roaches" perform such
> tasks as locating trapped earthquake victims.
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Sean Morgan (sean@lucifer.com)

http://www.lucifer.com/~sean/
                               



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